In interviews, Aguilera has been open about the domestic abuse she witnessed at home.
“I would open my bedroom window to sing out like Maria,” she described.
“In my own way, I’d be in those hills.”
At 9, Aguilera competed on “Star Search” and lost.
At that age, I always sang songs meant for older people.
That fit my personality I had pain to sing about."
Aguilera’s co-star, Nikki DeLoach, recalled toE!
Newshow watching young Aguilera sing was “almost like witnessing something divine.”
“The jealou[sy] got really bad.
People just felt threatened.”
In the video, Aguilera looks very much the part of the cool girl we all aspired to be.
However, it was Aguilera who nabbed aBest New Artist Grammyin 2000.
And there was a bullying mentality going on in the tabloids.
It’s tough to look back on," she explained (viaHealth).
Echoed Ron Fair, the record executive who signed her: “She is a badass genius of singing.
She was put on this earth to sing.”
Thevideofeatured Aguilera with bold eye makeup and an “explosion of blonde crimped hair.”
“I got to really let loose creatively …
I could belt and do my ad-libs and my runs and be as soulful as I wanted to be.
I got to have fun.”
She referred to its first single, “Dirrty,” as a “game-changer.”
Aguilera has been quoted multiple times over the years regarding motherhood.
“There are two sides to me, which I like to keep very separate.
There is a performing Christina, and then there [is] me as a mom.”
A week after their separation went public, Aguilera spoke withRedbook.
“It’s not easy, and there have been a lot of tears and sadness.
I was growing leaps and bounds daily.
I went from being a girl to a woman.”
Then there was also the infidelity on both sides.
I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but …
I have to be myself."
“On the movie set, I didn’t have anyone around me.
And it felt good.
“I could depend on him for everything,” she told the magazine.
“Matt was … so supportive.
And he still is.
We’ve been through a lot.”
In February 2014, Aguilera announced her engagement to Rutler (viaE!
Aguilera spoke toPeopleabout her decision.
“I need movement, I need to go explore, be an artist, create and transform.”
In 2021, she opened up toHealthabout all the reflecting she did while quarantined at home.
But even in owning your truth and power, there are moments of weakness.”
“As you age, you stop comparing yourself to other people and start appreciating your own body.”
Though Aguilera continues to experiment and reinvent herself, she now knows who she is.
However, “every setback has catapulted me forward,” she toldHealthin 2021.
“I think that’s my fighting spirit.”
A true “fighter” indeed just as she sings about.
Aguilera is releasing new music, as she toldHarper’s Bazaarin 2021 and it’s personal.
This time, her focus is not on commercial success but to continue to grow as an artist.
“It tells a story.
“It’s been a labor of love.
“I wanted to dive in headfirst and truly engross myself in the whole experience,” she said.
The last time she released a Spanish-language album, “Mi Reflejo,” was 2000.
Sounds right to us.
We all need some sort of creative or therapeutic outlet we enjoy to recharge, right?
“It’s been very therapeutic to give myself that mental break.”
We’d say she deserves it.
